Tangata rakiura is a species of araneomorph spider of the genus Tangata.[1] The species is endemic to New Zealand
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Orsolobidae |
| Genus: | Tangata |
| Species: | T. rakiura
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| Tangata rakiura | |
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Taxonomy
editThis species was first described from a single male by Ray Forster in 1956 and originally was named Ascuta rakiura.[2][3][4] It was transferred to the Tangata genus in 1985.[5] The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Easy Cove on Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition.[6] An additional female specimen was collected from Big South Cape Island in 1969.[4]
The holotype is stored at Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000095. [7]
Description
editThe body of the male is around 1.6mm in length. The carapace and legs are uniform orange brown. The abdomen is whitish with six chevron patterns on the dorsal surface.[3] The female is around 2.4mm in length. [4]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from Easy Cove on Stewart Island and Big South Cape Island in New Zealand. [3][4]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Data Deficient with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".[8]
References
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- ^ a b "Tangata rakiura (Forster, 1956)". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Tangata rakiura (Forster, 1956) - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ a b c R. R. Forster (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 128–130. ISSN 0370-3878. Wikidata Q125573189. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d Raymond R Forster; Norman I Platnick (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181 (1): 1–229. hdl:2246/949. ISSN 0003-0090. Wikidata Q93873222.
- ^ Forster, Raymond R.; Platnick, Norman I. (1 January 1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181 (1): 1–229.
- ^ "Tangata rakiura (Forster, 1956)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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